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Sulcospira foeda

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

Taxonomy
Melania foeda was named by Lea (1850). It is extant.

It was recombined as Sulcospira foeda by Oostingh (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Melania foeda Lea p. 180
1935Sulcospira foeda Oostingh p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyThiaridaeTroschel 1857
genusSulcospiraTroschel 1857
speciesfoeda(Lea 1850)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:14:32
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:14:32
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Sulcospira foeda (84519 84520 84530 84533 84534 84536 84538 84539 84541 84542)